Chapter 1308: Rao Wangze, You Are Too Arrogant

“Is this Tian Jie?”

Xu Xiaoshou’s true body was already drawn into the Si Wu Zhen, unable to break free to observe.

After his second true body disappeared, it stood on the Jian Dao disk, silently absorbing everything around it.

He had heard of “Ming Jian Tian Jie” for far too long, ever since its inception.

Only now, today, was he witnessing it for the first time.

There was no doubt that Mr. Si Ren’s earlier strike, if not facing the Sheng Di, could truly be described as slaying gods and Buddhas alike.

Someone like Jiang Buyi would have no chance of withstanding it.

To survive that sword strike, one would likely need to be in the liberated state of the Tian Ji Shen Shi or Yan Wuse in his divine master form.

Even if they survived, they would suffer severe injuries.

Yet Mr. Si Ren still had the strength to deliver a second strike.

But…

“Tian Jie, is that all there is?”

In the state of unity with heaven and man, the second true body keenly sensed that something was off with Mr. Si Ren’s condition—it seemed forced and strained.

After Tai Cheng’s Tian Jie, it was attacking purely with brute force.

If Mr. Si Ren could maintain his rationality in that state and unleash the Jian Xiang with ancient sword techniques, even the Sheng Di’s intent avatar would have to evade.

Unfortunately, there were no ifs…

“Tai Cheng Jian isn’t Mr. Si Ren’s true weapon, so his Tian Jie is still too forced?” The second true body saw through the issue.

He couldn’t help but turn his gaze toward his true body.

As a second true body connected by thoughts, he could detect the extraordinary changes in his true body, now integrated into the core of the Si Wu Zhen.

It was a power beyond words, blending an extremely complex array of auras.

If he made it in time, he would become the savior.

But if not…

“Don’t drop the ball now, boss—this is no time to falter!” The second true body kept sending battlefield intel to his true body, an undisguised urge.

Above the Jue Jin Huo Yu, the battle raged on.

Just as the second true body thought, Tai Cheng’s Tian Jie had incorporated Mei Siren’s power, but the awakened ancient Jian Xiang had lost all reason.

It wouldn’t unleash more sword techniques; it only relied on the immense power of the Tai Cheng intent itself, adhering to the sole will from before Tian Jie:

Attack!

Brute force attack!

Even if it meant mutual destruction, it could only attack and never stop!

Wang Ze Sheng Di naturally noticed the abnormality in Mei Siren’s state.

After condensing his physical form, he seemed to endure even more rule repulsion from Void Island, giving off a clear sense of not belonging.

Yet all that “unreality” was suppressed by the Sheng Di’s power, preventing any chaos.

Facing the Tai Cheng’s collision, Wang Ze Sheng Di flipped his left hand and crooked his right fingers in the air.

“Feng Li Jing.”

He merely uttered softly, and the sky split open with cracks, from which a streak of azure light shot out.

The azure light landed in his hand, transforming into an illusory ancient tome.

This tome wasn’t an object or a spiritual artifact; it was a convergence of the Sheng Di’s power, radiating auras of antiquity, gentleness, ferocity, and tranquility.

“The condensed form of the Sheng Di’s wind power…”

Dao Qiong Cang’s eyebrows twitched in surprise, recognizing it as a projection of Wang Ze Sheng Di’s power.

Like his intent avatar, Feng Li Jing couldn’t descend directly to Void Island.

But by borrowing just a trace of its power as a projection, Wang Ze Sheng Di was confident he could handle this Jian Tian Jie!

Without another word, Wang Ze Sheng Di held Feng Li Jing in his left hand and gently flipped his right.

The azure tome unfurled, and its ferocious aura surged instantly.

In that moment, gales howled across Void Island, sweeping through and uprooting ancient trees while shattering rocks.

Even the innocent bystanders scattered around felt the azure gales lash against them.

“Sizzle…”

Their spiritual energy shields were torn apart in an instant.

Those caught off guard were sliced by the gales, their bodies shattered into pieces.

As the azure gales swept across the entire island and gathered before Wang Ze Sheng Di, they formed an immense wall of wind.

The wind wall rose from the void, stretching thousands of miles wide and piercing the clouds.

It acted like a barrier, isolating the brute-force-wielding Tai Cheng intent, preventing it from advancing toward Wang Ze Sheng Di.

“Gang Jie.”

Wang Ze Sheng Di lightly tapped his fingertip.

The ferocity on the azure wind wall intensified, beginning to tear violently.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

The Tai Cheng intent collided with it, normally indestructible, but under the relentless tearing of the endless gales, it couldn’t advance an inch and was gradually being eroded.

It was slow.

The erosion process was so gradual it could be overlooked.

Because the Tai Cheng intent was enormous, even larger than the azure wind wall.

Yet by now, everyone could see that after Mei Siren’s Tian Jie, he had lost his reason.

Once the Tai Cheng intent started eroding and showed signs of collapse, touching its core power, it wouldn’t be the wind wall’s Gang Jie force that shattered it—it would likely be Mei Siren himself.

Because his state was already extremely unstable.

“Too forced!”

Shui Gui watched from the rear and couldn’t help but shake his head.

In no time, the rate of Tai Cheng’s erosion went from imperceptible to multiplying geometrically.

Wang Ze Sheng Di didn’t even need to act much.

His insight was too sharp; with a light strike, he hit the opponent’s weak point.

Mei Siren would lose control on his own.

Tai Cheng’s Tian Jie would soon crumble.

“It’s not even close to Ba Zun An’s level. Mei Siren’s true strength isn’t in combat; facing the Sheng Di is just too much for him.” Shui Gui pondered, glancing up at Xu Xiaoshou in the sky.

There was no denying it—the delay tactic had succeeded.

One breath, ten breaths, thirty breaths…

As the Tai Cheng intent collapsed under the wind wall’s Gang Jie, the aura around Xu Xiaoshou grew increasingly powerful.

Now, even a faint trace of power leaking from him made Shui Gui feel shaken.

Sheng Di’s power…

And not just one kind?

Could Xu Xiaoshou handle it?

“Boom!”

Finally, Tai Cheng in the sky shattered.

With a massive explosion, the heavens seemed to shatter, plunging into brief darkness.

The wind wall dissipated instantly, and the Jian Xiang couldn’t withstand the self-collapse, completely crumbling.

A blood-red figure and a sword that had lost its luster fell from the sky together.

“Sui Juan.”

Wang Ze Sheng Di’s voice was emotionless as he pointed lightly at Feng Li Jing in his hand.

In an instant, the wind wall shattered, transforming into two terrifying tornadoes—one hurtling toward Mei Siren, the other toward Tai Cheng Jian.

This strike was the ultimate display of wind attribute’s ferocious power.

Mei Siren’s Tian Jie had been broken, and he was now unconscious.

If hit, with an ancient sword cultivator’s fragile defense, he would be torn to shreds by the tornado in an instant.

“Ah.” Shui Gui sighed deeply, cracking a black dragon scale from his palm.

He had no intention of saving Mei Siren.

But the time Mei Siren failed to hold out, he would have to make up for.

At the same time, the second true body emerged from its vanishing technique, steeling itself.

“Who dares touch my teacher?”

Facing the Sheng Di’s tornado, the second true body roared in fury.

He stood on the space Dao disk and swiftly teleported Mei Siren and Tai Cheng Jian away, conveniently dropping them near Ba Zun An.

He didn’t dare teleport them to his side.

Because the Yuan Fu wasn’t on him, and the vanishing technique couldn’t take others.

Moreover…

From the moment the second true body dispelled the vanishing technique and entered the battlefield, it knew its fate.

“A special clone?”

Wang Ze Sheng Di’s blurred face turned slightly toward the second true body.

He clearly noticed this bold warrior trying to trade one life for another, and with another tap on Feng Li Jing, he obliged.

“Feng Ya.”

Boom, boom, boom…

The azure tornado shattered, turning into layer upon layer of wind pressure that bore down on the second true body as it moved.

Rules shattered, space collapsed.

“No—”

The second true body let out a wail.

I knew it… he thought resentfully, yet he still held a sliver of hope against this familiar Sheng Di power.

Frenzied Giant!

Explosive Stance!

Immovable Ming Wang!

Feast of Giants!

A host of passive skills erupted instantly, and even the vanishing technique was invoked by intent in the moment it was touched by the wind pressure.

“Huh.”

In silence, the second true body vanished.

But in that instant, the wind pressure had already obliterated his flesh, reducing it to nothing.

The second true body didn’t enter the vanishing world—it was completely erased from existence by the Sheng Di’s wind pressure.

And so, another fell.

Shui Gui stroked the Sheng Di dragon scale, witnessing this, and his lips twitched.

Too terrifying!

He knew how strong Xu Xiaoshou’s defense was.

Yet without Sheng Di power to protect it, even such a powerful body was crushed by the wind pressure in an instant.

If he, an Ou Yi Ban Sheng, went up without Sheng Di power, would he meet the same end?

But there was no time to dwell.

With the second true body shattered, Wang Ze Sheng Di turned his gaze to Xu Xiaoshou’s true body in the sky.

Shui Gui gritted his teeth; no matter what, he had to swallow the Sheng Di dragon scale.

“Roar—”

His eyes bulged with veins as he let out a dragon’s roar, his body covered in black dragon scales, left hand gripping the Feng Yuan Gun, right hand wielding the Yu Hai Shen Ji.

Whoosh—Shui Gui charged forward, taking up the guardian position Mei Siren had held.

Someone had to sacrifice to carve out a glimmer of hope in the darkness.

A hint of killing intent appeared on Wang Ze Sheng Di’s blurred face.

Moths to the flame, one after another, endlessly throwing themselves to death—it was annoying.

He had planned to swat them one by one, but Xu Xiaoshou’s clone had successfully swapped Mei Siren away.

That wasn’t in the plan.

But this Shui Gui, an Ou Yi Ban Sheng with decent talent—if eliminated, the other side would regret it…

“Courage is commendable.”

Wang Ze Sheng Di looked at his new target, praising without emotion.

Even with the Mo Di Black Dragon’s Sheng Di power added, Shui Gui wasn’t in his eyes.

This was too forceful!

Tai Cheng Jian had some connection with Mei Siren and its own strength, at least.

But what Shui Gui swallowed was merely a Sheng Di dragon scale, with incompatible forces forcibly contained.

—This wasn’t even a fraction as strong as the Sheng Di intent avatar; how could it protect him?

“Die.”

Facing this Ou Yi Ban Sheng, Wang Ze Sheng Di didn’t even use Feng Li Jing; he merely pointed again.

As the wind gathered for Tian Qing Yi Zhi, Shui Gui felt underestimated.

Was he not as worthy as Mei Siren?

How could Wang Ze Sheng Di dismiss him with just this simple finger?

But as his thoughts flashed, the wind-element forces scattered across Jue Jin Huo Yu suddenly converged again.

“Feng Ya.”

When Tian Qing Yi Zhi struck, the wind pressure gathered once more.

Wang Ze Sheng Di was bound by rules and couldn’t act recklessly, so his movements were slow.

Yet this shift made Shui Gui’s hairs stand on end, a sense of death looming.

“Bang!”

The Sheng Di power from the Mo Di Black Dragon only held for less than a breath before being shattered by the wind pressure.

Shui Gui was horrified. His Ou Yi array diagram spun beneath his feet as he turned and fled without looking back.

He couldn’t fight!

He wasn’t Mei Siren or Ba Zun An’s subordinate; it was just a partnership.

To confront Wang Ze Sheng Di, some price had to be paid.

But Shui Gui was a refined egoist.

He couldn’t accept damaging his perfect Dao foundation for battling a Sheng Di intent avatar.

Xu Xiaoshou, I can only buy you one breath—that’s as far as my duty goes…

“Run!”

The moment the Sheng Di power exploded, Shui Gui merged into the Sheng Dao and reappeared above Zui Yi Dian.

An Ou Yi Ban Sheng, if he truly wanted to escape, even Sheng Di wind pressure couldn’t trap him.

Shui Gui reformed in the Sheng Dao and even had time to greet Dao Qiong Cang and Rao Yao Yao nearby.

“Enjoying the show? Quite leisurely!”

This sarcasm made Rao Yao Yao’s face turn cold with anger.

Shui Gui chuckled at that and vanished, reappearing by merging into the unsuspecting Rao Yao Yao’s body.

“I…”

Rao Yao Yao’s expression changed drastically; she had fallen for such a simple taunt!

The power of those two divine blessings was still affecting her!

Rao Yao Yao swore she’d never take pills from others in her life, even if it killed her!

Tian Qing Yi Zhi ignored time and space, pointing from Jue Jin Huo Yu toward Zui Yi Dian, sending the spectators below into panic.

“You dare kill me?” Shui Gui formed a vague upper body behind Rao Yao Yao, grinning menacingly, “Let me and Rao Yao Yao die together—do you dare?”

Wang Ze Sheng Di didn’t respond.

Tian Qing Yi Zhi pressed on undeterred!

Rao Yao Yao never expected the crisis to come so suddenly; her Rao clan Sheng Di showed no hesitation, willing to erase even her!

As the fingertip approached, Dao Qiong Cang’s Tian Ji Si Nan moved.

“Da Bo Li Shu.”

But Shui Gui was prepared, acting almost simultaneously: “Ci Mian Zhi Men!”

This supreme treasure opened above Dao Qiong Cang’s head, drawing in the inner island’s sealing power and briefly suppressing Dao Qiong Cang’s attack.

The scene descended into chaos.

You schemed against me, I schemed against you—Tian Qing Yi Zhi was really about to kill Rao Yao Yao and Shui Gui.

Dao Qiong Cang flipped his hand again…

“Enough!!”

Suddenly, a thunderous shout exploded in the sky.

Accompanying the angry voice, Tian Zu’s light descended, piercing through Tian Qing Yi Zhi and quickly erasing it.

Everyone turned in shock.

This was…

Xu Xiaoshou’s voice!

Above Jue Jin Huo Yu, Xu Xiaoshou, who had turned into holy light, fully unleashed his aura.

He had completed the power inheritance faster than anyone expected, regained his sanity, and joined the battle.

“Rao Wang Ze, you’re too arrogant, actually trying to test my power?”

After stepping out of the shattered holy light, Xu Xiaoshou locked eyes on the distant figure without hesitation.

Undoubtedly, Rao Wang Ze had relentlessly pursued Shui Gui while completely ignoring him as he inherited the power.

That was pure arrogance!

Xu Xiaoshou saw through his intentions.

He wanted to see how far Xu Xiaoshou could go, whether he could eliminate his intent avatar.

But after completing the power reception, Xu Xiaoshou realized how formidable Ba Zun An’s card was.

Whether Rao Wang Ze was truly confident or overconfident, he didn’t know.

However…

“Since you want to test it, let’s test it!”

Gazing at that blurred face and reading the mocking smile on it, Xu Xiaoshou felt provoked.

“Provoked, passive value, 1.”

It was real provocation!

Xu Xiaoshou was furious. Standing in the Si Wu Zhen, his spiritual thoughts connected to the cooled Xuan Tie Jian on Duo Yuan.

He had figured it all out.

Shui Gui used Wu Ji Laozu’s array disk to link Void Island.

To connect to the inner island and borrow its Sheng Di power, he needed Ba Zun An’s array disk.

And Ba Zun An’s array disk was that forgotten sword.

“Si Wu Zhen, release!”

With a shout, Void Island’s 365 Zhen Xu Bei, the nine core points, including Xu Xiaoshou himself as one of the cores, all shifted.

The sword on Duo Yuan emitted light.

“Rumble…”

The great Dao rules manifested in the world, and the inner island appeared like a mirror, with countless ghostly beasts clawing to emerge from the intangible to the tangible.

The path to the inner island seemed about to open!

But at that moment, Wang Ze Sheng Di’s expression became more defined and playful.

He finally spoke directly to Xu Xiaoshou, chuckling lightly: “Do you really think you can release the Si Wu Zhen?”

Snap.

Before Xu Xiaoshou could pour all his power into the cooled Xuan Tie Jian, the wind pressure gathered.

The residual sword intent from Ba Zun An’s strike was blasted into nothingness.

In that instant, Void Island fell silent.

Xu Xiaoshou’s expression froze as well.

“Heh.” On the Zui Yi Dian ruins, Dao Qiong Cang’s lips curled slightly, then flattened.

The world had forgotten that sword, but he remembered it when he was tricked.

During the earlier chaos, Dao Qiong Cang had silently informed Wang Ze Sheng Di of the core array eye.

This countermove struck at the root, nullifying all changes in Xu Xiaoshou.

“Ba Zun An, what are you thinking?”

Dao Qiong Cang smiled and glanced at the figure outside Miracle Forest, seeing the person’s composure, and furrowed his brow.

He immediately sensed something odd, his ten fingers hidden in his sleeve pinching quickly as his face subtly tensed.

“Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle…”

Above Jue Jin Huo Yu, Xu Xiaoshou’s actions paused only briefly before a surging aura burst from his Yuan Fu.

Wait, Yuan Fu?

“Shocked, passive value, 1.”

(End of chapter)